Carabinieri Phone Scams in Garda Area: How to Recognize and Prevent

They impersonate Carabinieri when making phone calls to hoteliers, shopkeepers, artisans, and restaurants in the Middle and Upper Garda area, offering subscriptions to the force‘s magazines.

These are not military personnel but fraudsters who, from time to time, claim to belong to finance, police, firefighters, or the Comune police.

How to recognize scams

They often offer subscriptions to nonexistent magazines or publications that have nothing to do with the law enforcement.

Therefore, be vigilant and immediately notify the Carabinieri—just dial 112— as soon as you suspect you have been targeted by individuals who,

if they had money, will no longer show themselves.